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Trapped 22 Days: How a Clear Jar and a Torn Logbook Saved Him

Trapped 22 Days: How a Clear Jar and a Torn Logbook Saved Him

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Trapped 22 Days: How a Clear Jar and a Torn Logbook Saved Him

The fear of being cut off with no help is immediate: a spotless two-piece canning jar on a charred railing held a folded torn logbook page that began, "if you are reading this and I am not here, start with page forty-one." How did a clean jar and a damaged notebook become the only link between a man trapped at 6,400 feet and the outside world, and who almost never found him?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that left a look‑out isolated for twenty‑two days after a fast-moving wildfire destroyed the only access road, and we follow the clues that led rescuers to him. What choices, equipment limits, and near-misses shaped his survival and eventual discovery?

Person: Terry Walker
Date: October 28, 2014 (arrival) - November 19, 2014 (discovery)
Location: Station Nine, Arroyo Bench, Merna River drainage, central Nevada
Status: Found alive in cab after 22 days
Event: Arroyo Bench Fire caused road loss and tower isolation

- The jar was photographed at 7:52 AM on November 19, 2014 before anyone touched it.
- Terry arrived at Station Nine just before noon on October 28, 2014 and planned to leave by 4:00 PM the same day.
- Fire winds reached sustained 22 mph with gusts to 38 mph, and the fire started about three miles south of the station.
- He drove his truck roughly 60 yards north of the tower base to use it as a partial radiant heat shield during the fire.
- The emergency cache contained approximately six gallons of water and four days of emergency rations.

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